AOAC STANDARDS & METHODS ORIENTATION E-BOOK

9/10/2019

Uses of SMPRs

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Basis for method acceptance and approval.

• Guidance to method developers for the development of  new methods. • Advance the state‐of‐the‐art in a particular direction. • Address specific analytical needs. • Allow AOAC to reach a broader community of method  developers and users. • Development time = 3 to 6 months.

Background

Most OMA methods have been validated without  formal acceptance criteria. Compared to a reference method. Certain reference documents existed (but hard to  find) for describing PRSD (R) , expected recovery, &  HorRat value.

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